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As a supporter of Environmental Defense Fund, I feel that three
areas deserve special emphasis - cap and trade, indirect source
rule, and renewable portfolio standard.  

First of all, a well-designed cap-and-trade program.

Cap-and-trade puts an absolute limit on pollution from some of
California's largest sources and guarantees the environmental
results we need.

Our message: CARB should include as many sources as possible in a
cap-and-trade system. We support CARB's preliminary thinking that
80% of California's global warming pollution would be under a
cap-and-trade system by 2020.

Secondly, an "Indirect Source Rule" (ISR) controls emissions from
development projects.

What is an ISR? Developers measure indirect (mostly vehicle and
energy use) pollution from construction and operation of projects
and ensure that equivalent reductions occur so the project's
impacts are limited.

Our message: CARB should require California's local air districts
to develop ISRs to control emissions from new developments.

And finally, we need a new Renewable Portfolio Standard (RPS) to
increase clean energy in our state.

An RPS is a requirement that a percentage of all energy sold in
California be generated from renewable sources (solar, wind,
biomass, etc). California's current RPS target is 10% by 2010.

I support CARB's preliminary recommendation that the state
immediately adopt a 33% RPS by 2020.